Critical Praise

"Korelitz is alert both to New York's social geometry and to the melancholy that underlies the glittering surface of her novel."

——The New Yorker

"Korelitz is a strong writer...capable of descriptions that are hers alone."

——Washington Post

"Incisive and urbane...it harks back to the gender confusions of Shakespeare's comedies while adding some surprising contemporary twists...a roman à clef, a sendup of gossip columnists and Manhattan strivers and a paean to professional fulfillment. Korelitz's characters – charming, idealistic and contradictory --- are what make The White Rose so appealing...This novel represents a significant step forward."

——The New York Times Book Review

"A witty update of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, The White Rose is an odd hybrid indeed – rife with deliciously cutting social satire, but also with bittersweet observations on growing older. Korelitz shows us that modern love, like a satisfying read, is never predictable, but always worth the risk."

——Vogue